Kern River Valley

According to organizers, Whiskey Flat Days, which is held every Presidents Day weekend, is a "leap back to the good ol' wild west days when the area was settled by gold miners, cattle ranchers and trappers."

A minor addition to Centennial High School’s gymnasium represented a major accomplishment for Corrine Ruiz. Centennial was the first campus in the Kern High School District to receive an AED, or automatic external defibrillator.

Officials have an eye on conditions at the Lake Isabella dams while engineers get ready to address the concerns. If the dams failed, a lot of water would reach a wide area around Bakersfield, and it could be very deep.